Go home and cook: Maharashtra BJP chief in soup after sexist comments on Supriya Sule

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil has stoked controversy for his sexist remarks on Nationalist Congress Party MP Supriya Sule.

Maharashtra BJP president Chandrakant Patil has landed in a controversy over his misogynist comments on Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) MP Supriya Sule. Patil, who was leading protests against the state govt over the OBC reservation issue, told Sule. "If you don't understand politics, go home and cook."

Earlier on Wednesday, Supriya Sule was addressing a party meeting on the same issue. Raising questions on how the BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh got relief from the Supreme Court over OBC reservation, she said, "The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh came to Delhi and met 'someone'... I don't know what suddenly happened over the next two days and they got a go-ahead for OBC reservations..."

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Patil, who was protesting metres away from the venue where Supriya Sule spoke, replied to her statement. He said, "Why are you in politics? Go home and cook. You are in politics and you don't understand how to meet a CM? You (also) go to Delhi or go to hell or wherever, but give reservations."

Meanwhile, Supriya Sule's husband, Sadanand Sule, who otherwise is away from politics, hit out at Chandrakant Patil. Sadanand took to social media to condemn the statement and said that he was proud of his wife. "I have always maintained that they (BJP) are misogynistic and demean women whenever they can. I am proud of my wife who is a homemaker, mother, and a successful politician, one amongst many other hardworking and talented women in India.this is an insult to all women."

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Maharashtra politics has heated up over the last few months after the SC stayed political reservation for the OBCs in local bodies. While the BJP has blamed the state govt for losing the battle for the OBC reservation in the courts, the ruling MVA has blamed the Centre for not providing empirical data.